GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — After multiple crashes along Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon in the past years, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has started guardrail repairs, which will require temporary closures.
CDOT said drivers should plan for an eastbound lane closure beginning Tuesday. These lane closures will stay in effect during 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. this week, as well as the week of April 8.
This will start at mile point 116 in Glenwood Springs and continue east until the guardrail repairs — and other regular maintenance — is finished. Drivers who use this stretch of I-70 should prepare to slow down as crews complete this work. To check current closures, visit COtrip.org.
Westbound lanes are not impacted by this work, CDOT said.
Much of the guardrail replacement and repair work is due to commercial motor vehicles crashes, CDOT said.
The department said there is more than one spot along the highway where a CMV driver was traveling westbound and crashed so severely that the eastbound guardrail was damaged.
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